Less Than 0.01% Of Homeland Security Cases Are Terrorism Related

Records obtained from the immigration courts under the Freedom of Information Act show that only 0.0015 percent of the total number of cases filed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security were terrorism related, despite the fact that the Bush administration has repeatedly asserted that it is the primary focus of the DHS.

I'm certainly not surprised. It's a natural result of unconstrained government, and it's time to examine it. Examine the system that was supposed to protect us from the government.

Ask anyone you know that is in any management position at all, especially accountants. Systems are supposed to prevent things from going wrong. The US system of government did not prevent the creation of the DHS. It did not prevent the war in Iraq when it should have. It did not stop government from growing into a behemoth that consumes >40% of GDP. These are not isolated failures, they've happened many times before. It's endemic.

It's time to re-examine the system, find ways to reduce it to its proper function, and find ways to keep it there. To do that, we need to elect representatives. Not politicians, representatives.